Hardiness zones
Sunset 8-10 (some cold damage can be expected), 12-24
USDA 9 - 11

Landscape Use: Informal hedge, background, screen, filler, historical plantings and old style landscape gardens and Victorian architecture, mesic design themes

Form & Character: A sturdy, evergreen large shrub, with a formal, rounded and dense appearance

Growth Habit: Moderate to 10-15' with equal spread

Foliage/Texture: Opposite leaves, oval, bluntly dentate leaf margins, prominent foliar venation patterns, medium coarse texture

Flowers & Fruits: 2 " to 4" clusters of small white flowers following pinkish red buds, musty fragrance, fruit a small round drupe.

Seasonal Color: Small clusters of white flowers in late winter/early spring as marginally ornate.

Temperature: Tolerant of summer heat if not exposed to western sun

Light: Partial sun with complete avoidance of reflected south and open west exposures.

Soil: Tolerant, well drained

Watering: Year around regular and frequent irrigation in the Phoenix area is a requirement

Pruning: Use heading cuts to prune to shape, best done after flowering in spring. Can be severely pruned to near ground level to rejuvenate, never shear because of it's larger leaves.

Propagation: Seed, cutting

Disease and pests: Spider mites, thrips and aphids.

Additional comments: In the Phoenix area this is an old-fashioned, serviceable landscape shrub for mesic landscape design motifs. Viburnum is a very diverse genus used more in cooler temperate landscapes.